Things have been happening here so quickly, it's been hard to keep everyone posted. As you read in my last post, we had some problems with excessive air (gas) in Jerry's stomach as well as a urinal tract infection. We thought we had gotten through that and were feeling good about being back at the rehab. Well when the doctor came in Tuesday morning he examined Jerry and said "this man is sick"! He spoke with us and received our consent to send Jerry back to the E.R. Once there Jerry was examined by a doctor who oddly enough use to be a fireman and if that wasn't enough... his wife was also a fireman. He immediately bonded with Jerry and assured us that he would do whatever it takes to get him squared away! He ordered a CAT/SCAN and when the results came in, he was able to pinpoint the source of the pain. Because of the urinal infection Jerry's kidneys and intestines went into paralysis. This rendered his "plumbing" useless and allowed excess gas to infiltrate his "inners". He immediately put together a game plan and the staff here executed flawlessly. As a result of the intestines not working, Jerry had a lot of back up that needed to be extracted. They literally hook him up to a special vacuum and sucked the "stuff" right out of his body. This was pretty damn gross, but Maryann and I were here for the whole thing. One funny thing was when Maryann thought she heard a gurgling sound. She asked me to check it out. When I got there I lifted his arm and the "stuff " started coming out and spilled on my shoes! Nice"
Today was 100% better. Jerry got his color back and the doctor said things couldn't have worked out better. He even had the opportunity to work with the occupational therapist. She was literally amazed at how he's progressed overall (she had seen him when he first got here 3 weeks ago). She put him through a regiment of exercises and movements which he did flawlessly. Carol, Merle, Maryann and I were almost cheering with every move.
Bottom line, Jerry is a fighter and is smack dab in the middle of a prize fight. What's the prize....A QUALITY LIFE! And even though he's taken a few "good" shots, he's gotten up every time and keeps on fighting!
Stay tuned for more round by round "let's get ready to rumbllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllle" coverage!
Jon
2 comments:
Hi Dad
I got home on monday at 12pm and went to work at 4pm. It was a good flight home. i got lost on my way to the ariport. I was almost to mt. hood before i noticed.I was late and last one on the plane.But I got the best seat on the plane right in the front.Dad I know you are doing well with rehab. we hope that you be home soon.I want to thank Boo and john for being ther for you and us.They have been so mush help and I can't thank them enough.My night job is going fine so I may be able to come up sooner then I thought so keep getting better.We have a lot of stuf to go over like moving down to sonoma co. LOVE YOU.
Your son RICK
Dad your awesome! I am so glad to hear that you are doing better now. Gave us alittle scare but that's ok. We are here for you and Dave and I will be up soon. Right now Dave again is driving home from Or. It really seems like we rarely see each other anymore. Tha's why we are looking forward to going to see you. He can't get away from me for that 10hr drive. Yeah! See ya next week. Love ya Michele
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